The Federal Government yesterday announced a surprisingly generous $4.2 billion funding for the ABC and SBS over the three-year period from July 1 2022 to June 30 2025.
It’s an election year and the Coalition government is decidedly unpopular with the kinds of people most loyal to public broadcasting. So this big cash splash for the ABC and SBS could be called blatant electioneering, but nobody’s complaining. Not about that announcement anyway.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is Screen Content Lead at Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates'. Rochelle has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, is out with Midnight Sun on October 1, 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
